Young Adult· United Kingdom
Flour Babies
by Anne FineAggregate Editorial Score64/100
★Carnegie Medal
Published 1992178 pagesEnglish
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Published in 1992, Flour Babies established Anne Fine as one of the defining voices in young adult. Rebellious schoolboy Simon Martin is given a flour-sack 'baby' to look after for a school project, and the experience leads him to think about the absent father who never looked after him. Fine's Carnegie Medal winner is sharp, funny, and unexpectedly moving. Themes of fathers, responsibility, school run through the work. The book has received recognition from Carnegie Medal 1992.
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🌟 Young Adult
Fiction and non-fiction written primarily for teenage readers.
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Flour Babies by Anne Fine sits within the tradition of young adult that treats language as seriously as plot. Published in 1992 in United Kingdom, it engages with fathers, responsibility, school, family in ways that have earned it lasting critical attention.
Critics and institutions have consistently placed Flour Babies among the notable works of its period. Among its recognitions: Carnegie Medal 1992. Our aggregate score of 64/100 is compiled from 1 editorial sources that range from Nobel and Booker committees to leading literary journals.
The appeal of Flour Babies lies partly in its refusal to offer easy answers. Its exploration of fathers, responsibility, school, family is sustained, textured, and genuinely thought-provoking in ways that stay with readers well after the final page.
Flour Babies reflects Anne Fine's place in a wider literary tradition. The book's concerns resonate with United Kingdom's broader cultural preoccupations, even as they reach beyond any single national context.
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Awards & Recognition
Carnegie Medal
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Anne Fine is a celebrated author from United Kingdom known for influential works of young adult.
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